Author : Jeremy Keeling
Publisher : Short Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 37,90 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1907595317
This is a high-wire adventure story of grit and determination, and of love, hope and 88 Capuchin monkeys in the back of a Hercules transport plane, but most of all, at its heart, it is an inspiring tale of the life-changing bond between one man and his ape.
Author : Jeremy Keeling
Publisher : Short Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 20,6 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Animal sanctuaries
ISBN : 9781906021986
Jeremy Keeling first met Amy, an abandoned orang-utan, in the 1960s and a friendship was formed that would become the defining relationship of both their lives. Jeremy went on to create Monkey World in Dorset, a sanctuary for beleagured primates, rescued from poachers and scientists on daring raids all over the world.
Author : Jeremy Keeling
Publisher : Short Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Animal sanctuaries
ISBN : 9781907595189
Jeremy Keeling first met Amy, an abandoned orang-utan, in the 1960s and a friendship was formed that would become the defining relationship of both their lives. Jeremy went on to create Monkey World in Dorset, a sanctuary for beleaguered primates, rescued from poachers and scientists on daring raids all over the world.
Author : S. C. Kershaw
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0752497219
Colchester Zoo is today one of the finest zoos in Britain. Yet, unlike almost every other major zoo in the country, Colchester Zoo has never had its story told – until now. The forgotten figures of Frank and Helena Farrar are here brought to life once again in these pages which show how they founded firstly Southport Zoo in the 1950s and then Colchester Zoo in the 1960s. Told here is the story of how Frank and Helena’s domestic life with their lions and monkeys prompted them to embark on a series of adventures which took them all over the world. Also told is the story of how Colchester Zoo declined in the 1970s and how the Tropeano family turned it into the internationally respected breeding centre for endangered animals that it is today. This is a tale of struggle and heartbreak but also of transformation and redemption, and is a fitting tribute to one of our great animal institutions as it reaches its fiftieth anniversary.
Author : Ralph Helfer
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 38,85 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0061748285
"Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind—nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplished by training through affection and joy will thrill all animal lovers." —Betty White A captivating true story of loyalty, friendship, and high adventure that spans several decades and three continents, Modoc is one of the most remarkable true stories ever told, perfect for fans of The Zookeeper's Wife or Water for Elephants. Raised together in a small German circus town, a boy and an elephant formed a bond that would last their entire lives, and would be tested time and again: through a near-fatal shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, an apprenticeship with the legendary Mahout elephant trainers in the Indian teak forests, and their eventual rise to circus stardom in 1940s New York City. As the African Sun-Times put it, Modoc is "heartwarming. . . probably the greatest love story ever told."
Author : Robert K. Elder
Publisher : Zephyr Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 28,71 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1569768382
Thirty-five directors reveal which overlooked or critically savaged films they believe deserve a larger audience while offering advice on how to watch each film.
Author : Dave Smith
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 29,20 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Includes full descriptions of all Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, and Goofy cartoons; the story of Mickey's birth; the Disney Channel Premiere films and Disney television shows; the Disney parks; Disney Academy Awards and Emmy Awards; the Mouseketeers throughout the years; and details of Disney company personnel and primary actors.
Author : W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,99 MB
Release : 1977
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Author : Martin P. J. Edwardes
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 20,6 MB
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1787356302
The Origins of Self explores the role that selfhood plays in defining human society, and each human individual in that society. It considers the genetic and cultural origins of self, the role that self plays in socialisation and language, and the types of self we generate in our individual journeys to and through adulthood. Edwardes argues that other awareness is a relatively early evolutionary development, present throughout the primate clade and perhaps beyond, but self-awareness is a product of the sharing of social models, something only humans appear to do. The self of which we are aware is not something innate within us, it is a model of our self produced as a response to the models of us offered to us by other people. Edwardes proposes that human construction of selfhood involves seven different types of self. All but one of them are internally generated models, and the only non-model, the actual self, is completely hidden from conscious awareness. We rely on others to tell us about our self, and even to let us know we are a self.
Author : Rick Broadbent
Publisher : Orion
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,59 MB
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1409143414
The Isle of Man TT - the world's most dangerous race - as seen through the eyes of Cummins, Martin, McGuinness and Dunlop. THAT NEAR DEATH THING is a life-affirming journey to the heart of the world's most dangerous race. The Isle of Man TT is a throwback to a maverick era that existed before PR platitudes and PC attitudes. WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR-shortlisted author Rick Broadbent gets inside the helmets of four leading motorcycle racers as they battle fear, fire and family tragedy for a gritty sort of glory. Guy Martin is a tea-drinking truck mechanic and TV eccentric who 'sucks the rabbits out of hedges', but must now deal with the flipside of fame; Conor Cummins is the local hero facing a race against time as he battles depression and a broken body after falling down the mountain; John McGuinness is the living legend fending off the ravages of middle-age for one last hurrah; Michael Dunlop is the wild child living with one of the most remarkable legacies in sport. They tell their astonishing stories in a book that provides the most rounded, intimate, behind-the-scenes account yet of the last great race. Rick Broadbent has delivered the final word on the Isle of Man TT, one that really gets to grips with an event that continually pulls unsung riders and fans back year after year to witness That Near Death Thing.
